of peak popularity. in fact, he was arguably on the decline of his popularity when he was killed. >> there's analogy to be made, melissa, with the black community in america putting this same sentiment on president obama. the hope, the change we can believe in, in 2008 and now there's a level of discontent. i mean, are there parallels to be drawn here and that perhaps down the road they will look and see the tremendous advantage that -- and paving the way that president obama has made and it will be a little bit softer on reflection. >> i think we want to be careful on the parallels that we draw between dr. king and president obama. >> in terms of likability. people wanting an expecting more from him. >> right. >> we want to be really careful. i want to kind of put that out there. i suppose history tends to be kinder to our great leaders who were reviled in the moment of